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Texas A&M Researchers Create Origami-Inspired Satellite Antennas

The self-folding antennas can be stored flat, and when needed, deployed into the common bowl-like shape.

Upending Decades Of Dogma, Brain Cells In Mice That Create Mental Maps Are More Connected Than Previously Thought

New techniques for monitoring small groups of brain cells in mice challenge a tenet of how neurons work together to form memories

Vaccine Delivers A Boost To T Cell Therapy

The new strategy may enable engineered T cells to eradicate solid tumors such as glioblastoma.

A Novel Approach To Determine How Carcinogenic Bacteria Find Their Targets

Treatments targeting the motility system of the bacteria could eliminate the risk of antibiotic resistance.

A Sinking Situation In Houston, Texas Gulf Coast

A recent report says geology and groundwater pumping have created a "perfect storm" for sinking cities.

Researchers Teach An AI To Write Better Chart Captions

A new dataset can help scientists develop automatic systems that generate richer, more descriptive captions for online charts.

Shrinking Qubits for Quantum Computing with Atom-Thin Materials

Using 2D materials, researchers have built superconducting qubits that are a fraction of the size of previous qubits, paving the way for smaller quantum computers.

Mathieu Morlighem: 'Many glaciers have been accelerating and thinning near the margin in recent decades'

A 2022 study led by Dartmouth professor Mathieu Morlighem, reveals that the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream (NEGIS) is losing ice at an alarming rate, which could lead to up to six times more sea-level rise by 2100 than previously projected.

Platinum Open Access journal editor: 'If the community thrives, the journal thrives'

From March to September 2022, the Platinum Open Access Funding (PLATO) project conducted a study on the Swiss Diamond Open Access landscape, the results of which were recently published. This study provides insights into the growing trend of Diamond Open Access journals in Switzerland, which are run by the scientific community and are free for both authors and readers. Despite the attractive features of these journals, the financial challenges faced by editors, who often work with small budgets and rely on volunteer efforts, pose significant hurdles.

Study author Friedman: 'The fish clades contributing the most fish diversity in today’s oceans are leveraging the water column'

A new Yale study reveals the puzzling dichotomy of fish diversity, with tropical waters being the most species-rich but fish groups in colder climates at higher latitudes generating new species more rapidly.

Making Data Visualizations More Accessible

Researchers find blind and sighted readers have sharply different takes on what content is most useful to include in a chart caption.

MIT Researchers Devise A Way To Evaluate Cybersecurity Methods

The system analyzes the likelihood that an attacker could thwart a certain security scheme to steal secret information.

Dartmouth's Luikart: Results of autism research 'tells us we're really on to something'

Findings from a recent study into the neurobiological underpinnings of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have resulted in a potentially significant breakthrough. The study offers crucial findings into the role of mutated genes in ASD and suggests potential treatment avenues that could revolutionize patient care.

A Novel Combination Therapy Counters Antibiotic-Resistant Mycobacterium Abscessus Infections

SMART researchers combine rifaximin and clarithromycin to effectively restore the latter drug's efficacy.

Improved Retinal Transplant Technique Almost Ready for Clinical Trials

Researchers led by Michiko Mandai at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan have used a genetic modification to improve human-derived retina transplants grown in the lab.

Plausible Steps Toward the Evolution of a Key Protein Fold of RNA Polymerases

Study sheds light on the origin of a folded structure at the heart of some key enzymes

Dissociation Mechanism of Oxygen Molecules on a Silver Surface Unveiled

The mechanism by which oxygen molecules break up into atoms on silver surfaces has been clarified for the first time

Faster Technique for Resetting Quantum Circuits Proposed

Simulations suggest a new technique for resetting ‘qubits’ in a quantum computer without harming them

Scientists Achieve Key Elements for Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computation in Silicon Spin Qubits

Researchers from RIKEN and QuTech—a collaboration between TU Delft and TNO— have achieved a key milestone toward the development of a fault-tolerant quantum computer.

Researchers Find Hidden Micro-Stressors in Routine Driving

UH and Texas A&M Transportation Institute Use Affective Computing to Gain Unique Insights Into the Driver Condition